Many Hosts of Mycobacteria 9 Conference

摘要 第九届分枝杆菌（MHM 9）会议将于2016年在俄亥俄州州立大学（OSU）举行。 2022年3月8日至10日，俄亥俄州哥伦布。这次会议是共同组织的丰富罗宾逊（俄勒冈州立大学），卢恩霍尔Stoodley (OSU)，马修安德森（俄勒冈州立大学），米歇尔拉森（阿尔伯特爱因斯坦医学院），弗雷德奎因（大学 格鲁吉亚大学）、莉莉安娜·萨尔瓦多（格鲁吉亚大学）和约翰·斯宾塞（科罗拉多州立大学）。目的 会议系列的一个重要组成部分是将基础研究人员、临床医生以及人类和动物健康研究人员聚集在一起 研究分枝杆菌疾病/宿主的机构。前八届MHM会议在国家会议中心举行。 动物疾病中心，艾姆斯，爱荷华州（2007年），葛底斯堡，宾夕法尼亚州（2008年），历史悠久的前麻风疗养院， Carville，LA（2009），Lowry Zoo in坦帕，FL（2011），Bethesda，MD（2012），Tulane National Primate Research 中心，科文顿，洛杉矶（2015年），科罗拉多州立大学，柯林斯堡，CO（2017年），和阿尔伯特爱因斯坦学院 医学，布朗克斯，纽约（2019）。这些会议规模较小（约90名与会者），并开放注册。一 会议采用研讨会的形式，以促进公开和互动的讨论。不同的视角 通过包括14种模型（小鼠，豚鼠，兔，獾，负鼠，雪貂，猫鼬， 犰狳、鱼、鹿、牛、大象、猴子和人类）以及实验和自然感染 （结核病来自M。bovis和M.结核病; M.麻风;来自M.鸟 副结核病;来自M.溃疡和非结核分枝杆菌）。与 总的主题是分枝杆菌疾病和宿主，每次会议都有一个具体的重点： 分枝杆菌“（MHM 1，2007）;”免疫病理学“（MHM 2，2008）;”比较分枝杆菌学“（MHM 3， 2009）;生物标志物（MHM 4，2011）;转化科学（MHM 5，2012）;“宿主特异性和疾病” 动力学（MHM 6，2015），“将科学带入社区”（MHM 7）和“回到未来”（MHM 8）。 MHM 9会议的主题将是“分枝杆菌疾病的混杂因素”，因为有多种 可以（并且经常）驱动分枝杆菌疾病传播的混杂因素， 分枝杆菌病的监测、治疗和结果。我们的目标是将年轻的研究人员纳入其中， 这些会议的发言人和主持人，以促进对新思想的讨论，并允许发展 研究小组之间的合作，通常不相互作用，今年将重点放在 代表性不足的群体，如美洲原住民。

ABSTRACT The 9th Many Hosts of Mycobacteria (MHM9) meeting will be held at The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus, Ohio March 8-10, 2022. This meeting is co-organized by Rich Robinson (OSU), Luanne-Hall Stoodley (OSU), Matthew Anderson (OSU), Michelle Larsen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Fred Quinn (University of Georgia), Liliana Salvador (University of Georgia) and John Spencer (Colorado State University). The purpose of the meeting series is to bring together basic researchers, clinicians, and human and animal health researchers that study mycobacterial diseases/hosts. The previous eight MHM meetings have been held at the National Animal Disease Center in Ames, IA (2007), Gettysburg, PA (2008), the historic former leprosy sanatorium in Carville, LA (2009), Lowry Zoo in Tampa, FL (2011), Bethesda, MD (2012), Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA (2015), Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO (2017), and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, NY (2019). These meetings are small (~90 attendees) and have open registration. A workshop format is used for the meetings to foster open and interactive discussion. The diverse perspectives are exemplified by inclusion of fourteen models (mouse, guinea pig, rabbit, badger, possum, ferret, mongoose, armadillo, fish, deer, cow, elephant, monkeys and humans) and both experimental and natural infections (Tuberculosis from M. bovis and M. tuberculosis; Leprosy from M. leprae; Johne’s Disease from M. avium paratuberculosis; general mycobacterial infections from M. ulcerans and nontuberculous mycobacteria). With an overarching theme of mycobacterial diseases and hosts, each meeting has had a specific focus: ‘Many Hosts of Mycobacteria’ (MHM1, 2007); ‘Immunopathology’ (MHM2, 2008); ‘Comparative Mycobacteriology’ (MHM3, 2009); Biomarkers (MHM4, 2011); Translational Science (MHM5, 2012); ‘Host Specificity and Disease Dynamics’ (MHM6, 2015), ‘Bringing Science into the Community’ (MHM7), and ‘Back to the Future’ (MHM8). The theme of the MHM9 meeting will be ‘Confounders of Mycobacterial Disease’ as there are multiple confounders which can (and often do) drive the transmission of mycobacterial diseases and impact mycobacterial disease surveillance, treatment and outcomes. We target inclusion of young investigators as speakers and moderators for these meetings to foster discussion of new ideas and allow for development of collaboration between research groups that do not typically interact with each other, and this year will focus on underrepresented groups such as Native Americans.